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AgriTech News & Events

Events

Yu Jiang and graduate student usimg fluorescence imaging to help identify weeds among plants

News

AI, robotics speed identification of plant disease resistance, tame weeds
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
Julie Lockwood

Seminar

Finding the needle in the haystack
Environmental DNA (eDNA) and its role in detecting and managing pest insects Speaker: Professor Julie Lockwood Professor Julie Lockwood is Interim Director of the Rutgers Institute of Climate and Energy, and Professor of Ecology at Rutgers...
  • Integrated Pest Management
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Workshop

CoE Coffee, Coaching & Connections: Advantages of growing your business with Agritourism
CoE Coffee, Coaching & Connections, presented by the New York State Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech, is a monthly series highlighting industry and academic leaders addressing essential topics for food, beverage...
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Webinar

Weed Identification | Rats in Vegetable Gardens
Got weeds? Come and learn how to identify common yard and garden weeds, with valuable tips for management. Then hear about best practices for keeping rats out of vegetable gardens. Weed Identification (Feature presentation) Rats in Vegetable...
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • What's Bugging You?
  • Gardening
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Seminar

Neonicotinoid seed treatments in field crops
The pros and cons of insurance pest management Speaker: Christian Krupke Dr. Christian Krupke is a professor of entomology at Purdue University, where he has led research and extension programs in pest management of corn and soybeans since 2005...
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • Neonicotinoids

Ongoing Events

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What's Bugging You? NYSIPM First Friday Series

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Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum Webinar Series

News

Yu Jiang and graduate student usimg fluorescence imaging to help identify weeds among plants

News

AI, robotics speed identification of plant disease resistance, tame weeds
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
Lidia Komondy stands among USDA future leaders

Field Note

Lidia Komondy lauded as ‘future leader’ in agricultural science
Lidia Komondy is a Ph.D. candidate working in the lab of Brian Nault, professor of entomology at Cornell AgriTech. Komondy has so excelled in vegetable entomology research, she was one of only five graduate students in the U.S. selected for the...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Entomology
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News

Computer model helps grape growers adapt to shorter winters

A new Cornell-developed computer model that estimates the temperatures that cause freeze damage in a dozen grape cultivars can help growers plan for the season when damage does occur.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Environment
Newly planted Malus sieversii at Cornell AgriTech.

News

Genetic mapping may lead to fire blight-resistant apples
Fire blight costs the U.S. apple industry an estimated $100 million annually in crop losses. New research from Cornell AgriTech may help apple breeders develop resistant varieties and give growers a more sustainable solution in managing the...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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News

Award-winning Ithaca startup growing with Cornell AgriTech's help
Somewhere along the way from growing up in Iran, earning a doctorate degree in organic chemistry and moving to the United States to become a postdoctoral fellow in food chemistry at Cornell University, Mohammad Arshadi developed a unique passion...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture